--- title: But Lox, who thought it was A blanket made of fur, Soon threw the co… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But Lox, who thought it was A blanket made of fur, Soon threw the cover off, And then the chief and all Admired the plucky guest Who seemed to have no care Of cold, or for their care; And little did he care-- The Indian Devil, Lox. Who acts: Lox, stranger, Soon, plucky guest. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lox, stranger, Soon, plucky guest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:19:8 # text = But Lox, who thought it was A blanket made of fur, Soon threw the cover off, And then the chief and all Admired the plucky guest Who seemed to have no care Of cold, or for their care; And little did he care-- The Indian Devil, Lox. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Lox Lox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Soon Soon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 Admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 plucky plucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 Of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Lox Lox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Lox | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | stranger | a blanket and the chief | | | | the chief *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a blanket and the chief *not said here* | | | | of fur | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **throw off** | past | Soon | the cover | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme | | 5 | **admire** | past | stranger *not said here* | the plucky guest | | | | all *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus | | 6 | **seem** | past | the plucky guest | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | the plucky guest *not said here* | no care of cold | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient | | 8 | **care** | past · do-support | Lox | | | | | the Indian Devil *conj* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **care** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/)